Squeals of delight – Rainbow Lorikeets!

[Dennis]

The chortling and squealing sounds made by these two (juvenile?) Rainbow Lorikeets alerted me to their presence on the drinking dish in our back garden. Taken from the bedroom window with Canon 7D and Canon 300mm F4 L with the tripod foot resting on the window ledge to reduce camera shake. It was a dull, overcast day so there were no harsh shadows to deal with.

The blurred head due to the slow shutter speed (1/250) looks quite spooky!

They were very playful and appeared to delight in grooming each other.

Cheers

Dennis

[astroron (Ron)]

Thanks Dennis I had a good chuckle viewing those pictures
Cheers

[suma126 (Shane)]

now thats called true love. great shots

[Liz]

Truly wonderful shots dennis, even the Exorcist bird in pic 2.

[gary]

A wonderful triptych with a vibrant narrative.

[bloodhound31]

Oh wow! The first one is just beautiful beyond belief! Well caught! I am in awe!

Baz.

[multiweb (Marc)]

Great shot Dennis. They have beautiful colors. The other day I counted 10 or so crammed in one of my palmtrees flower at the front. They were so loud I thought there was a fight in there. The bright yellow golden colors must attract them. I couldn't believe they could all fit in. When they finished with it the grass was yellow. I took a picture with my mobile phone. Very bad one though

[jjjnettie (Jeanette)]

Originally Posted by Liz

Truly wonderful shots dennis, even the Exorcist bird in pic 2.

Beaut pic Dennis

[Dennis]

Thank you to everyone for your kind words of appreciation, it was certainly quite an enthralling and enjoyable few moments, spent watching these characters have a bit of fun!

I’d forgotten about the Exorcist, a film I haven’t yet seen, although I’ve seen trailers of the spinning head!

Cheers

Dennis

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Nice shots, great colours!

[spearo (Frank)]

an explosion of color!
great stuff
frank